It is not 100% clear whether or not the player eliminated over on table 12 was John Gallagher, but the seat of the Brit is now empty. The cards were already rushed away but Jun Bao had celebrated with after emerging victorious and beating the of his table neighbor.
The hand started rather innocent with a small raise by Xiaohua Fu from the cutoff and Thomas Nielsen called from one seat over. On the river, Nielsen bet 18,500 but quickly folded after his opponent announced a raise. The Dane even offered Fu HK$3,000 to show a bluff but there was no reaction to it.
Below are some updated chip counts of the faces we recognize. Fan Zhao is among the biggest stacks and there was just some three-way action to the flop. Shashank Rathi had bet 10,500 and Geng Liu clicked to 22,000 before Zhao asked for the stack size of both opponents. The Chinese opted to fold while Rathi made the call.
On the turn, Rathi led for 36,000 and that was enough to put Liu all in. It took quite some time for the shove and Liu even had the dealer cut out the bet before pushing his stack to the middle of the table with . Rathi went into the showdown with and the river bricked.
A loud cheer from Ryan Nan Yu caught our attention and upon walking over to his table, his had doubled through Jeonghan Lee's on a board of . Lee was left with around 5,000 chips and those vanished shortly after.
After the turn, Peng Zhai opted to make a bet worth 8,000 with around 17,000 behind out of the big blind. Feifei Wang moved all in for 29,100 and Zhai tanked for minutes before the clock was called on him. As soon as that happened, he then made the call with the for top pair and the flush draw.
Wang flipped over his and the blank on the river sent Zhai to the rail. He clapped towards his opponent before leaving the table.
The action started with Yi Chung Cheng raising to 3,100 from under the gun. Chang He was seated to his left and moved all in for his remaining 34,000 in chips. Wending Luo was next in line, and looked down at his cards, before moving all in for around 235,000 in chips. It didn't stop there, as Takahiro Nakai also decided to get his last 14,600 from the cut off. The decision folded back around to Cheng who mucked his hand before the remaining players tabled their cards.
He:
Luo:
Nakai:
Luo was looking at a double knockout with his monster pair until the board ran out . Nakai was able to flop two pair on his way to tripling up to just over 50,000 in chips. Unfortunately for He, he was unable to catch a break, being sent to the rail.
Daniel Lee raised to 3,000 from early position and a short stack shoved for 1,100 more to see the American call it off with the . The short stack doubled with on a board of and the same table also includes Day 1b leader Jia Liang. The Chinese has lost some chips and Dapeng Mu has definitely more than him now.
Steve O'Dwyer was able to accumulate some chips in the first level of the day already and just witnessed a bizarre double up for Yoshiro Nagata. The Japanese had raised from the hijack and was called by Wan Zhang out of the big blind. On the turn, Zhang bet 3,200 and called a raise to 11,000 by the Japanese before checking the river.
Nagata shoved for his last 9,800 and then tapped the table when his opponent reluctantly called, expecting to be out of the event with his . But wait, Zhang double-checked his cards and sent them into the muck? The dealer obliged to the all in showdown and flipped over and quite a few of the other players on the table let out gasps and "really?". Nagata himself kind of giggled.
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after emerging victorious and beating the 
of his table neighbor.
river, Nielsen bet 18,500 but quickly folded after his opponent announced a raise. The Dane even offered Fu HK$3,000 to show a bluff but there was no reaction to it.
flop. Shashank Rathi had bet 10,500 and Geng Liu clicked to 22,000 before Zhao asked for the stack size of both opponents. The Chinese opted to fold while Rathi made the call.
turn, Rathi led for 36,000 and that was enough to put Liu all in. It took quite some time for the shove and Liu even had the dealer cut out the bet before pushing his stack to the middle of the table with 
. Rathi went into the showdown with 
and the 
river bricked.
had doubled through Jeonghan Lee's 
on a board of 
. Lee was left with around 5,000 chips and those vanished shortly after.
on the river sent Zhai to the rail. He clapped towards his opponent before leaving the table.
. The short stack doubled with 
and the same table also includes Day 1b leader Jia Liang. The Chinese has lost some chips and Dapeng Mu has definitely more than him now.
